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Boo! Did you know Halloween traditions were brought to these shores by the Scots and Irish? Or that the pumpkin usurped the turnip as the choice for carved jack-o’-lanterns? What’s it all
mean? Not much, except to offer a bit of seasonal trivia to introduce a list of Valley-area haunted houses. MALLS The following shopping centers will offer free trick-or-treating and other
Halloween activities Friday: CityWalk (Lankershim Boulevard at the Hollywood Freeway, Universal City, [818] 622-4455). 4-7 p.m. $6 parking fee. Fallbrook Mall (6507 Fallbrook Ave., West
Hills, [818] 340-5871). 6-8 p.m. Bring two cans of food for the homeless and receive a gift. Glendale Galleria (the corner of Central Avenue and Broadway Boulevard, [818] 240-9481). 5-7 p.m.
Media City Center (201 E. Magnolia Blvd., Burbank, [818] 566-8556). 5-8:30 p.m. Northridge Fashion Center (9301 Tampa Ave., [818] 885-9700). 4-7 p.m. The Promenade at Woodland Hills (6100
Topanga Canyon Blvd., [818] 884-7090). 3:30-6:30 p.m. Sherman Oaks Fashion Square (14006 Riverside Drive, Sherman Oaks, [818] 783-0550). 4-6 p.m. Topanga Plaza (6600 Topanga Canyon Blvd.,
Canoga Park, [818] 594-8740). 5:30-8:30 p.m. COMMUNITY CENTERS Agoura Hills Department of Community Services will have a Halloween Carnival from 4:30-7 p.m. Friday at Mae Boyar Park, 130 N.
Kanan Road, Agoura Hills. Admission is $2. The park will also have a Halloween party for seniors at 1 p.m. Friday. Admission to the seniors’ party is free. (818) 597-7361. Branford
Recreation Center (13310 Branford St., Arleta, [818] 893-4923) offers a free Halloween celebration, with games and prizes, 5-8 p.m Friday. Free. Chatsworth Recreation Center (22360
Devonshire St., [818] 341-6595) sponsors a Halloween carnival with a costume contest, food, prizes and games from 4-8 p.m. Friday. Free admission. Calabasas Community Services Department
sponsors a Halloween carnival from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Friday at Grape Arbor Park at Canwood Street and Parkville Road, just north of the Ventura Freeway at the Lost Hills Road exit. Free
admission. (818) 880-6461. David M. Gonzalez Pacoima Recreation Center (10943 Herrick Ave., Pacoima, [818] 899-1950) plans a Halloween celebration with a pinata-breaking, games, a haunted
room and a costume contest, 4-8 p.m. Friday. Free. Delano Recreation Center (15100 Erwin St., Van Nuys, [818] 756-8529) sponsors a Halloween Carnival with contests, games, arts and crafts, a
puppet show and food, 5-8:30 p.m. Friday. $1 children’s admission. Adults admitted free. Encino Community Center (4935 Balboa Blvd., Encino, [818] 995-1690) will have a Halloween Carnival
geared toward young children, ages 2-10, 4-8 p.m. Friday. Free admission. Fernangeles Recreation Center (8851 Laurel Canyon Blvd., Sun Valley, [818] 767-4171) plans a Halloween carnival, 5-8
p.m. Friday. Free. Hammack Activity Center (815 E. Avenue Q6, Palmdale, [805] 267-5663) hosts “Fright Night,” 5-7 p.m. Friday for ages 10-14. $2 admission. Hubert Humphrey Recreation Center
(12560 Filmore St., Pacoima, [818] 896-6510) sponsors a Halloween Carnival, 2:30-6 p.m. Friday. Free. Lakeview Terrace Recreation Center (11075 Foothill Blvd., [818] 899-8087) plans a
Halloween/Harvest Festival with games, trick-or-treat bags, a moon bounce and a costume parade, 5:30-9:30 p.m. Friday. Free admission. Lanark Recreation Center (21816 Lanark Ave., Canoga
Park, [818] 883-1503) sponsors a Halloween Carnival from 4-8 p.m. Friday with separate costume contests for all age groups. Free admission. Mason Recreation Center (10500 Mason Ave.,
Chatsworth, [818] 998-6377) will have its annual Halloween Carnival featuring a costume parade, a haunted room, magic shows and other entertainment, games and prizes, from 5-9 p.m. Friday.
$2 admission for kids, parents are free. McCambridge Recreation Center (1515 N. Glenoaks Blvd., Burbank, [818] 238-5300) hosts Halloween parties Friday for preschoolers from 10 a.m.-noon and
for elementary school children from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. North Hollywood Recreation Center (11430 Chandler Blvd., [818] 763-7651) plans a Halloween Carnival with games, a costume parade and
other activities, 5 to 8 p.m. Friday. Free. North Weddington Recreation Center (10844 Acama St., North Hollywood, [818] 506-1467) will have its Halloween Horror/Sci-Fi Videofest featuring
original productions by local teens from 7-9 p.m. Friday. Free. Northridge Recreation Center, (18300 Lemarsh St., [818] 349-7341) will have a Halloween Un-Haunted House, geared for children
under 12, from 3:30-5:30 p.m. and 6:30-8:30 p.m. Friday. Also, the center will have a Halloween Party for all ages, noon-4 p.m. Saturday. Olive Recreation Center (1111 W. Olive Ave.,
Burbank, [818] 238-5300) hosts Halloween parties Friday for preschoolers from 10 a.m.-noon and for elementary school children from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Reseda Recreation Center (18411
Victory Blvd., [818] 881-3882) plans a Halloween Carnival, 5-8:30 p.m. Friday. Free. Ritchie Valens Recreation Center (10736 Laurel Canyon Blvd., Pacoima, [818] 834-5172) sponsors a
Halloween festival with an astro-jump, live music and games, 5-8 p.m. Friday. Free. Sepulveda Recreation Center (8801 Kester Ave., Panorama City, [818] 893-3700) will have a Halloween
celebration, 5-8 p.m. Friday, featuring trick-or-treating, games and a haunted house. Free admission. Shadow Ranch Recreation Center (22633 Vanowen St., West Hills, [818] 883-3637) plans a
Halloween Carnival, featuring rides, food and fun, 5-10 p.m. Friday, noon-9:30 p.m. Saturday and noon-8:30 p.m Sunday. Free admission. Stonehurst Recreation Center (9901 Dronfield Ave., Sun
Valley, [818] 767-0314) plans a Halloween carnival, 5-8 p.m. Friday. Free. Studio City Recreation Center (12621 Rye St., [818] 769-4415) will have a Halloween carnival, a haunted hayride, a
costume contest, graveyard games, food, monsters and more, 5:30-8 p.m. Friday. Free admission. Sun Valley Recreation Center (8133 Vineland Ave., [818] 767-6151) sponsors a Halloween carnival
with costume parade and games, 5-8 p.m. Friday. Free. Sunland Recreation Center (8651 Foothill Blvd., [818] 352-5282) plans Halloween activities Friday: a costume contest, 6-7 p.m., and
“Fun Night” with carnival games, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Sylmar Recreation Center (13109 Borden Ave., [818] 367-5656) presents a Halloween party with games, trick-or-treating and a costume parade,
5-8 p.m. Friday. Free. Tarzana Recreation Center (5655 Vanalden Ave., [818] 343-5946) will have a Halloween Carnival with a costume parade, puppet show, games and prizes, 5-8 p.m. Friday.
Free. Valley Plaza Recreation Center (12240 Archwood, North Hollywood, [818] 765-5885) sponsors a Halloween Haunted House, 5:30-9 p.m. Friday. 50-cent admission. Van Nuys Recreation Center
(14301 Vanowen St., [818] 756 8131) plans a Halloween party, 4-8 p.m. Friday, activities, costume and other contests, scary movie, free hot dogs and refreshments. Free admission. Van
Nuys/Sherman Oaks Recreation Center (14201 Huston St., Sherman Oaks, [818] 783-5121) plans a Halloween carnival, 5:30-8 p.m. Friday. Free. Verdugo Recreation Center (3201 W. Verdugo Ave.,
Burbank, [818] 238-5300) hosts Halloween parties Friday for preschoolers from 10 a.m.-noon and for elementary school children from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Also, the center hosts a dance for
teenagers, grades 6-8, 7:30-10:30 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $4 and teens must present recent Burbank middle school ID. Victory-Vineland Recreation Center (11117 Victory Blvd., North
Hollywood, [818] 985-9516) sponsors a Halloween Carnival with games, rides, costume contests for different age groups, 5-10 p.m. Friday. The carnival will continue all weekend Sat.-Sun.,
1-10 p.m. Free admission. Vickroy Park (2300 Monterey Place, Burbank, [818] 238-5300) hosts a Halloween party Friday for preschoolers from 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Winnetka Recreation Center
(8401 Winnetka Ave., [818] 756-7876) plans a Halloween Carnival, 5-9 p.m. Friday. $2 admission includes 10 free game tickets for children 3 and older. Kids under 3 and adults are free.
Woodland Hills Recreation Center (5858 Shoup Ave., [818] 883-9370) will have a Halloween Carnival featuring games, a costume contest and food, 6-9 p.m. Friday. $1 admission includes 10 game
tickets. OTHERS Granada Hills Branch Library (10640 Petit Ave., Granada Hills, [818] 363-3556) with the Granada Hills Recreation Center, will have a Halloween program, 4-6 p.m. Friday in the
library. Featured will be a Jim Gamble Marionette production at 4 p.m., followed by costume parades and other activities. Free. North Hollywood Regional Branch Library (5211 Tujunga Ave.,
[818] 766-7185) will have a Halloween storytelling and craft program at 3:30 p.m. Friday. Free. The Spooky House (Valley Indoor Swap Meet parking lot, 6701 Variel Ave., Woodland Hills, [818]
888-8570) featuring more than 8,000 square feet of state-of-the-art thrills, runs tonight, 6-10; Fri., 3 p.m. to midnight; Sat., 1 p.m.- midnight; Sun., 1-10 p.m. $5.50-$7.50. Valley
College (5800 Fulton Ave., Van Nuys, [818] 848-1431, Ext. 4) hosts a Halloween Family Fun Festival, sponsored by the Beta Delta Sigma chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, 6-10 p.m. Friday in Monarch
Hall. $1 admission. Platt Library (23600 Victory Blvd., Woodland Hills, [818] 340-9386) will have a Halloween program with scary stories and crafts at 3:30 today. Free. Six Flags Magic
Mountain (Magic Mountain Parkway, Valencia, [805] 255-4100) offers “Fright Fest,” a ghouly ghost zone for the entire family, featuring the Creepy Crawly Pet Show, Willoughby’s Haunted
Mansion and other attractions for all ages. Open Friday, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. $35 general, $20 seniors, $17 children, children 2 and younger are admitted free. MORE TO READ